Associate Director, Business Management

Location: South San Francisco
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

Neurodegenerative diseases are one of the largest medical challenges of our time. Denali Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to developing breakthrough therapies for neurodegenerative diseases through our deep commitment to degeneration biology and principles of translational medicine. Denali is founded on the collaboration of leading scientists, industry experts, and investors who share the vision that scientific discovery energetically applied to translational medicine is the key to delivering effective therapies to patients. We invite you to consider an opportunity with Denali to help achieve our goal of delivering meaningful therapeutics to patients. The Associate Director, Business Management ensures coordination and follow through on strategic and execution deliverables for the Human Resource and Legal organizations. Effectiveness in this role requires natural aptitude for building strong, trusting partnerships across the organization. In this position, the Associate Director, Business Management, plays an essential role in a broad range of activities necessary to drive and manage critical operational and strategic aspects of a growing and transforming company. The Associate Director, Business Management, is an integral member of the HR and Legal Leadership teams, with responsibilities to support the execution of strategic initiatives through coordination, tracking and monitoring of activities and deliverables outlined. The Associate Director, Business Management ensures the right connections are made for both internal and external activities, facilitating relationships with key stakeholders. This position requires the candidate to be hands-on, self-motivated, and emotionally intelligent, and to thrive in our fast-moving, dynamic environment and complex, fast-changing industry. The candidate will anticipate needs and demands and work to provide logical, innovative, and creative solutions without explicit instruction, communicating changes in prioritization and decision-making efficiently. The candidate must be capable of carrying out multiple projects while effectively prioritizing tasks according to the needs of the HR and Legal functions and the organization. Key Accountabilities/Core Job Responsibilities: Act as "thought partner,” to the Chief People Officer, General Counsel and Cross-Functional Partners for both internal and external activities Facilitate and manage a broad range of projects to help ensure attainment of strategic priorities consistent with corporate goals Work with leadership team members individually and collectively on key business projects; translate strategy into deliverables that can be measured and managed Ensure that key initiatives in support of Denali’s goals are on track, intervening as appropriate to ensure meeting goals; monitor and report progress, triaging and escalating issues as appropriate Identify and prioritize key issues early and expedite resolution by integrating information search, analysis and evaluation to provide an informed perspective and propose solutions using project management and business improvement capabilities Influence appropriate stakeholders and ensure appropriate prioritization and project management to support the business in meeting their objectives Support the development leadership team with preparation of executive-level presentations Organize and drive the rhythm of decision making and outputs to feed into key meetings and initiatives Develop agendas, manage meeting flow, summarize and follow-up on actions to ensure timely execution Draft and minute key discussion points for leadership strategy meetings Qualifications/Skills: BS/MS in a scientific discipline with emphasis in life sciences preferred 6 years of relevant work experience; Pharma, Biotech, or Life Sciences preferred Proven experience in knowledge management, communication, strategy/planning and project management Advanced skills in Microsoft Office suite, particularly with PowerPoint and Excel Capable of conveying scientific information in a clear and thorough manner Highly developed verbal and written communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to compose concise, sensitive and professional emails, communicate with heads of functions, and prepare presentations for the CPO and General Counsel Team oriented, highly motivated, execution focused with strong work ethic, ability to thrive in a high growth, collaborative, entrepreneurial environment Highly adaptable and responsive to technical and business opportunities and needs – comfortable delivering against challenging commitments; results and deadline-driven Willingness to work hard, take direction, anticipate problems and proactively suggest and drive solutions without explicit guidance Excellent analytic problem-solving skills; agile and able to work well under pressure Strong interpersonal skills, positive energy, high ethical standards, trustworthiness and loyal; tactful, and persistent Comfortable dealing with and handling highly confidential information Salary Range: $163,000.00 to $211,000.00 . Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Denali offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k, healthcare coverage, ESPP and a broad range of other benefits. This compensation and benefits information is based on Denali’s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.This compensation and benefits information is based on Denali’s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. Denali is committed to its core company value of unity by creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, basis of disability, or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

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